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Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.
Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.
Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
Better good afarre off, then evill at hand.
Better good afarre off, then evill at hand.
A true friend is tested in adversity.
A true friend is tested in adversity.
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
But scandal's my aversion--I protest
Against all evil speaking, even in jest.
But scandal's my aversion--I protest
Against all evil speaking, even in jest.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.
Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]